ExercisesQuantumDynamics,week4 May22,2014 Question 1: Kinetic energy operator in 3D In this exercise we derive 2 2 ¯h ¯h 1 ∂2 lˆ2 − ∇2 = − r + . (1) 2µ 2µ r ∂r2 2µr2 The angular momentum operator is defined by ˆl = r × pˆ, (2) where the linear momentum operator is pˆ = −i¯h∇. (3) The first step is to work out the lˆ2 operator and to show that 2 2 ˆl2 = −¯h (r × ∇) · (r × ∇)=¯h [−r2∇2 + r · ∇ + (r · ∇)2]. (4) A convenient way to work with cross products, a = b × c, (5) is to write the components using the Levi-Civita tensor ǫijk, 3 3 ai = ǫijkbjck ≡ X X ǫijkbjck, (6) j=1 k=1 where we introduced the Einstein summation convention: whenever an index appears twice one assumes there is a sum over this index. 1a. Write the cross product in components and show that ǫ1,2,3 = ǫ2,3,1 = ǫ3,1,2 =1, (7) ǫ3,2,1 = ǫ2,1,3 = ǫ1,3,2 = −1, (8) and all other component of the tensor are zero. Note: the tensor is +1 for ǫ1,2,3, it changes sign whenever two indices are permuted, and as a result it is zero whenever two indices are equal. 1b. Check this relation ǫijkǫij′k′ = δjj′ δkk′ − δjk′ δj′k. (9) (Remember the implicit summation over index i). 1c. Use Eq. (9) to derive Eq. (4). 1d. Show that ∂ r = r · ∇ (10) ∂r 1e. Show that 1 ∂2 ∂2 2 ∂ r = + (11) r ∂r2 ∂r2 r ∂r 1f. Combine the results to derive Eq. (1). Page 1 of 2 ExercisesQuantumDynamics,week4 May22,2014 Question 2: Coupled channels equation for collinear A+BC Three particles move along a line. Their coordinates are xA, xB, and xC , and their masses mA, mB, and mC. The kinetic energy operator is given by 2 2 2 2 2 2 ˆ ¯h ∂ ¯h ∂ ¯h ∂ T = − 2 − 2 − 2 . (12) 2mA ∂xA 2mB ∂xB 2mC ∂xC The center of mass coordinate is m x + x x + m x X ≡ A A B B C C (13) mA + mB + mC and the Jacobi-coordinates for the A + BC arrangement are r ≡ xB − xC . (14) mBxB + mC xC R ≡ xA − . (15) mB + mC 2a. Rewrite the kinetic energy in Jacobi/center-of-mass coordinates (X,R,r). The potential V is assumed to be independent of X, so the Hamiltonian can be written as Hˆ = Tˆ + V (R, r). (16) For large R we find the potential for molecule BC: VBC (r) = lim V (R, r) (17) R→∞ 2b. Derive the Schr¨odinger equation for the vibrational wave functions φv(r) of molecue BC. The multichannel expansion is given by Ψ(R, r)= X φv(r)uv(R) (18) v 2c. Derive the coupled channels equation ′′ u (R)= W (R)u(R) (19) and find an expression for the W matrix. Page 2 of 2.